 | John Stevenson Bushnan - 1837 - 372 pages
...invitation of a friend, well illustrates our position, and spares us more remarks upon the subject : — " The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from the cobwebs creep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head. The boding... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...The clouds took black, the glass is low ; The toot falls down, the spaniels sleep ; f ad ipirit-rs from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed ; The твоя in halm hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky.... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...perished for want of food, in the midst of his treasure. SIGNS OF FOUL WEATHER. The hollow tcirtils ow fulls down, the spaniel* sleep ; f ad spiders from their cobwebs /"'•/'. Last night the sun went... | |
 | 1843 - 408 pages
...long." SIGNS OF THE WEATHER. An English writer, by the name of Jennet, thus describes the signs of the weather: " The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds...glass is low; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, Last night the sun went pale to bed, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. The moon in halos hid her... | |
 | 1874 - 990 pages
...singularly large group of weather prognosticates. The doctor declined an invitation because The hollow mists begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is...the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in haloes hid her head, The boding shepherd heaves... | |
 | 1845 - 398 pages
...change with tolerable accuracy. Dr. Darwin has collected many of these signs in the following verses. The hollow winds begin to blow; The clouds look black,...peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed; The moon in halos hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky. The walls... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...castle on the sea ! Who will, another tree may sing, Old England's Oak for me ! BABTON. SIGNS OF RAIN. THE hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud quack the ducks,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pages
...lines on the changes of the weather. Can you repeat them ? I think I can ; they are curious : — " The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 226 pages
...said to have been addressed to a lady, who asked the Doctor if he thought it would rain to-morrow. " The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...peep: Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head-: The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see ! a rainbow spans the sky : The walls... | |
 | The Cultivator - 1846 - 408 pages
...winds begin to blow. The clouds look black, the grass is tow; The soot falls down, the spaniels steep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed. The moon in halos hid her head j The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see a rainbow spans the sky. The wall*... | |
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THE hollow winds begin to blow ; The clouds look black, the glass is low ; The soot falls down ; the spaniels sleep ; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. 
